FAA "All Takeoffs Halted Across the U.S. ... Due to Unusual Circumstances"

[Financial News]  

On the afternoon of the 13th (local time), the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted all aircraft takeoffs across the country. The FAA said it had taken this measure "due to unusual circumstances."
The FAA added that arriving international flights would be controlled on a case-by-case basis.
Although details have yet to emerge, the possibility cannot be ruled out that problems arose as the artificial intelligence (AI) air traffic control system "SMART" was being rolled out more widely.
The FAA previously said it had recently expanded the system to all 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs) across the U.S., following a pilot operation in airspace near Washington, D.C., last September.
However, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) and some Democratic lawmakers had urged a delay in the expansion, saying there had been insufficient consultation during the design and testing process and that the system's safety still needed to be verified.

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